Lt Col Manoj K Channan
314 Articles
Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd) served in the Indian Army, Armoured Corps, 65 Armoured Regiment, 27 August 83- 07 April 2007. Operational experience in the Indian Army includes Sri Lanka – OP PAWAN, Nagaland and Manipur – OP HIFAZAT, and Bhalra - Bhaderwah, District Doda Jammu and Kashmir, including setting up of a counter-insurgency school – OP RAKSHAK. He regularly contributes to Defence and Security issues in the Financial Express online, Defence and Strategy, Fauji India Magazine and Salute Magazine.*Views are personal.
India-Nepal: From Symbiosis to Suspicion: Tracing Decades of Political Upheaval
India and Nepal share a close connection that few other nations in South Asia can match. An open, passport-free border characterizes their relationship and...
Commemorating the 1965 War: Insights, Reflections, and Lessons for the Future
The Indo-Pak War of 1965 holds a unique place in South Asian military history. Overshadowed by the trauma of 1962 against China and the...
Theatre Commands: Prioritise Integration, Focus on Structures Later
India's journey towards Theaterisation, a strategic restructuring of the armed forces under unified commands, is a critical reform that has long been overdue. However,...
Equanimity in Battle: The Vital Role of Gita’s Attributes for Today’s Warrior
In the chaos of modern warfare, which is as much psychological as it is physical, the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita remains not only...
Beyond the Paper Tiger: Bringing India’s Multi-Domain Doctrine to Life
On 27 August 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released India's first-ever Joint Doctrine on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) at Ran-Samvad 2025 at the Army War...
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Why Russia Just Dropped the TVRS-44 “Ladoga” From Its New Aviation Plan
The revised version of the Comprehensive Civil Aviation Development...
Russia Takes Satellite Internet to the Rails — 135 Trains Set for High-Speed Connectivity
Bureau 1440, a Russian aerospace corporation, is embarking on...
India’s Tangled Mirror: How Political Instrumentalisation, Weaponised Crowds and Institutional Decay Trap Democracy?
India has been on a decades-long journey of economic...
The Arctic Gold Mine Powered by a Nuclear Reactor (And a Coal Backup)
A unique energy partnership is emerging in the Russian...
